STAND. COM. REP. NO.1080

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 670

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 670, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE STUDENT COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Statutorily establish the Hawaii State Student Council (HSSC); and

(2) Require HSSC to provide for an annual conference of students from grades 7-12 to discuss youth educational and youth issues.

The Department of Education and HSSC submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that HSSC has been functioning for many years. Although it is established in the State Constitution, HSSC has never been codified in the Hawaii Revised Statutes. This bill will help ensure the continued operation of HSSC for years to come.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that HSSC shall consist of 23 student representatives from the various departmental school districts and the student member of the Board of Education (student member);

(2) Authorizing HSSC to determine the method of selecting the student member;

(3) Requires HSSC to establish policies and procedures governing its operation;

(4) Allows, rather than requires, HSSC to invite members of the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools to participate in the conference;

(5) Requires HSSC to submit an annual evaluation of the student conference to be distributed by DOE; and

(6) Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of consistency and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 670, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 670, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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KEN ITO, Chair